joining me now, nicholas peart, a plaintiff in the to have and frisk case. he testified on the second day of the trial. khary lazarre-white, the co-founder and co-executive director of the brotherhood sister sol. and msnbc's ari melber. nicholas peart, what was it like today when you heard the judge announce that this policy violated the constitution? >> oh, i was definitely grateful by her decision. i felt that it was a necessary step forward for the communities of black and brown -- that black and brown people occupy. and just extremely grateful. you know, this has been a long time coming. so many lives have been affected by this policy and it being used by the police in a very unjust way. and on so many levels it, you know, restores hope back to the community that, you know, this is unjust and your voice does count. >> khary, i think if you could read one thing about stop and frisk it would be nicholas's op-ed piece. we'll have a link to it on our website tonight. because it is that very important firsthand account of a young man's encounter with these ki

david ourlicht and nicholas peart and sunita patel, i want to thank you all for being here tonight and telling your story. and i want to congratulate you for your courage. it's not about gloating. it i is not we didn't beat the city. >> we are the city. we are the city. and we got to work with them. >> i'm glad to have you on. i'm glad for the spirit in which you operate. >>> coming up, attorney general eric holder makes big news today with a major step forward for justice. >>> plus, this rodeo clown wearing a president obama mask in missouri showed the problem in today's republican party. more on this offensive display ahead. >>> and oprah winfrey headed into a career in politics? she has been speaking out more. some on the right are worried. >>> also, what is on your mind? e-mail me. friend or foe, i want to know. >>> up next, a huge step forward in the fight for justice. what eric holder's major announcement means. that's next. e. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pa

nicholas peart was out celebrating his 18th birthday with a friend and a cousin.y'd gone to get a burger at the local mcdonald's, but it was closed, so they sat down on this bench. that's when the trouble started. >> suddenly and out of nowhere, these squad cars pull up to us. cops came out of those cars, demanded we get on the ground. >> reporter: but you weren't doing anything wrong? >> wasn't doing anything wrong. we weren't drinking, hadn't been doing anything except sitting on the benches late at night. >> reporter: nicholas is now 24, a college graduate. he works for a non-profit group in harlem. he says he's been stopped maybe ten times in his life-- he says all of them for no reason. he says he's never been arrested, never been charged with any crime at all. >> i've pretty much lost track of how many times i've been stopped. it's sort of like a rite of passage for a lot of black and brown boys in different neighborhoods around the city. >> reporter: how many times have you been stopped by the police? >> well in the double digits, like, 3-4 times a year. >>